British academic
Neema Parvini
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Neema Parvini is a British-Iranian academic, currently a senior fellow at the Centre of Heterodox Studies at the University of Buckingham .[ 1] He has worked at Richmond, The American International University in London ,[ 2] Brunel University ,[ 3] Royal Holloway, and the University of Surrey .
His books on Shakespeare mainly discuss the influence of the New historicism , cognitive approaches to Shakespeare studies, and ethical thinking in Shakespeare's works. He has written for the website Quillette ,[ 4] as well as the Ludwig von Mises Institute ,[ 5] and has spoken at the think tank Traditional Britain .[ 6] Parvini is a member of the Heterodox Academy and the Evolution Institute , and attended that Battle of Ideas event run by the Institute of Art and Ideas .[ 7] He is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Heterodox Social Science.[ 8]
Parvini discusses political theories on the rule of elites on his YouTube channel, "Academic Agent".[ 9]
In Bournbrook Magazine , Alexander Adams describes Parvini's book The Populist Delusion as "an informative, succinctly-written and accessible handbook for those who wish to understand the core principles of elite theory discussed by reactionaries and the dissident right".[ 9]
In 2024 the advocacy group Hope not Hate described his views as "extreme" and aligned with the "scientific racist community".[ 10] [ 11]
Shakespeare’s History Plays: Rethinking Historicism (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012).[ 12]
Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory: New Historicism and Cultural Materialism (New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2012).[ 13]
Shakespeare and Cognition: Thinking Fast and Slow Through Character (New York and London: Palgrave, 2015).[ 14]
Shakespeare and New Historicist Theory (New York and London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2017).[ 15] [ 16]
Shakespeare's Moral Compass: Ethical Thinking in his Plays (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018).[ 17] [ 18]
The Defenders of Liberty: Human nature, Individualism, and Property Rights (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).[ 19]
The Populist Delusion (Perth: Imperium Press, April 2022).[ 9]
The Prophets of Doom (Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2023).[ 20]
^ "Heterodox Centre" . Retrieved 14 April 2024 .
^ "Dr Neema Parvini" . richmond.ac.uk . Richmond, The American International University in London . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
^ "Neema Parvini" . orcid.org . ORCID . Retrieved 26 July 2023 .
^ "Neema Parvini" . Quillette . Retrieved 26 July 2023 .
^ "Neema Parvini" . Ludwig von Mises Institute . 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2023 .
^ "Traditional Britain Conference - October 8th, 2022" . Battle of Ideas . Traditional Britain . 8 October 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023 .
^ "Dr. Neema Parvini" . Battle of Ideas . Retrieved 26 July 2023 .
^ "Our People" . Centre for Heterdox Social Science . Retrieved 16 March 2024 .
^ a b c Adams, Alexander (May 6, 2022). "Book review: The Populist Delusion" . Bournbrook Magazine . Retrieved September 5, 2023 .
^ Nick Lowles (ed.). "State of hate 2024" (PDF) . Hope not Hate . p. 127.
^ "Case File" .
^ Moulton, Ian Frederick (2015). "Rethinking Historicism from Shakespeare to Milton". Shakespeare Quarterly . 66 (3): 374–378, 386. doi :10.1353/shq.2015.0044 . S2CID 163080712 .
^ Dollimore, Jonathan (2013). "Review of Shakespeare and contemporary theory: New Historicism and cultural materialism". Textual Practice . 27 (4): 715–724. doi :10.1080/0950236X.2013.815422 . S2CID 145668059 .
^ Johnson, Laurie (2016). "Review of Shakespeare and cognition: thinking fast and slow through character". Shakespeare . 12 (2): 222–223. doi :10.1080/17450918.2016.1167112 . S2CID 147382896 .
^ Stanivukovic, Goran (2018). "Shakespeare and New Historicist Theory" . Renaissance & Reformation . 41 (1): 226–229. doi :10.33137/rr.v41i1.29550 .
^ Emmerichs, Sharon (Summer 2018). "Shakespeare and New Historicist Theory". Renaissance Quarterly . 71 (2): 825–828. doi :10.1086/699139 .
^ Gray, Patrick (November 2019). "Neema Parvini. Shakespeare's Moral Compass". Review of English Studies . 70 (297): 963–966. doi :10.1093/res/hgz066 .
^ Grady, Hugh (Summer 2020). "Shakespeare's Moral Compass". Renaissance Quarterly . 73 (2): 762–763. doi :10.1017/rqx.2020.109 . S2CID 226462780 .
^ Bates, Clifford Jr. (July 16, 2020). "The Defenders of Liberty: Human Nature, Individualism, and Property Rights" . Voegelin View . Retrieved September 6, 2023 .
^ "Prophets of Doom: A review" . Bournbrook Magazine . August 24, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023 .
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